Toploader

Toploader
Toploader performing in 2013
Toploader performing in 2013
Background information
OriginEastbourne, East Sussex, England
Genres
Years active
  • 1997–2003
  • 2009–present
Labels
  • S2
  • Epic
  • Underdogs Music
  • Big Lake Music
Members
Past members
  • Matt Knight
  • Julian Deane
Websitetoploaderofficial.com

Toploader are an English rock band from Eastbourne, East Sussex, formed in 1997,[1] with over two million album sales and several top-20 hits both home and abroad. Their debut album, Onka's Big Moka, sold over one million units and peaked in the top five of the UK Albums Chart, where it remained for six months; it earned them four nominations at the 2001 Brit Awards. They are best known for their 2000 cover of King Harvest's US hit "Dancing in the Moonlight", which became a global hit for them. Their second album, Magic Hotel, reached No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart. The band broke up in 2003, after the release of their second album, but they reformed in 2009 and remain active as of 2024.